OIL FLOODS CABINS
BARADINE PASSENGERS DISTRESSED BELONGINGS LOST (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) (United Service) COLOMBO, Saturday. The SO passengers on board the P. and O. liner Baradine, 13,144 tons, en route to Australia, suffered loss last evening, when she was being refuelled. The oil flooded the deck and many of the cabins. The passengers were brought ashore and taken to hotels. They were distressed because they were unable to save their personal belongings. One passenger estimated his loss at £125. The majoijity of the adult passengers were ashore at Colombo at the time of the accident. The native crew worked all night, and it is alleged that they were guilty of pilfering.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 757, 2 September 1929, Page 9
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113OIL FLOODS CABINS Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 757, 2 September 1929, Page 9
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